Don't we have to be to root for a team in a town with the greatest franchise in the sports' history?

Scott Wintrow / Getty ImagesWright's 0-for-20 streak was bad, but enough to toss in the whole season in April?

With that in mind and all the trade talk swirling around, centering on everyone from Mike Pelfrey to Jose Reyes and David Wright, can we calm down a moment and look at the team on the field?

Granted, it's with a fairy dusted light since they've just won five in a row against the worst teams in baseball. Well, unfortunately you can't play anyone except who's on the schedule in front of you and they've heated up playing against those teams.

There's a real test in a couple of games when they face the Phillies, the defending NL East champions with the greatest pitching staff since God let David go on three-days rest against Goliath.

So what?

They're still the Phillies and if they're so great, how come they're sitting in second place behind the Marlins, the same team we started the season taking two out of three?

I understand the reason to doubt this team. I'm a Met fan just like the rest of you, watching some absolutely horrible play over the past two weeks, the past two to three years and basically for the past two decades with the notable exceptions of time when they were good.

But I've never given up on a team in April.

APRIL!!!

We haven't even got out of April and it seems like the entire Mets nation is ready to throw this team under the bus for a bad home stand, some mediocre starting pitching and David Wright's 0-for-20 hitless streak.

These are all good reasons to do just that, but once again...

IT'S APRIL!!!

Can we get out of the first month of the season before we raise the white flag?